There are millions of cat lovers in the world. Check out cat names of famous cat lovers and cat owners. Have fun finding the perfect name for your beloved cat.

“Cats” is the name of the superb musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on “Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats” by T. S. Eliot. “The Naming of the Cats” is only one of the breathtaking songs in the musical.

Some of the cat names in this song are:

The everyday names such as: Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, James, Victor, Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey.

The fancier names such as: Plato, Admetas, Electra, or Demeter.

The peculiar and more dignified names such as: Munkustrap, Quaxo, Coricopat,

Bombalurina, or Jellylorum.

Cat Names - C

Cake – The name of a cat belonging to Warren Beatty.

Calvin - Harriet Beecher Stowe – author of Uncle Tom’s cabin had a cat named Calvin. Calvin was described as an intelligent cat and often sat on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s shoulders as she wrote her manuscript.

Carlyle - Carlyle was the name of a Siamese cat belonging to Fred Astaire.

Caruso - Name of cat belonging to Roberta Flack.

Catarina - Edgar Allan Poe –American writer had a cat named Catarina.

Catasauqua – The name of the cat (a female Manx cat) created by Mark Twain in his bedtime story “Letters from the earth”.

Charo - Name of cat belonging to Yoko Ono.

Cheddar- Name of the cat belonging to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.

Cheeses – Name of cat belonging to Jay Leno.

Chopin – Chopin was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s cat.

Cleo – Ronald Reagan had a cat named Cleo.

Cosy - name of the female Maine Coon cat which received the "Best in Show" reward in 1895.

Cyprian Cat – “The Cyprian Cat” by Dorothy Sayers is a horror short story. Moral do not harm the cat.

Cat Names - D

Dililah - Dililah was the cat belonging to Freddie Mercury, singer in Queen. See Music about cats

Dinah – Dinah is Alice’s pet cat in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the looking glass” by Lewis Carroll. Dinah was the mother of the two kittens named Kitty and Snowdrop.

Disraeli- Disraeli was a large Persian cat belonging to Florence Nightingale.

Dog - Dog is the name of the cat in the hit song " Walkin' my cat named Dog". See Music about cats

Dorofei - name of the Siberian cat belonging to President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.

Duchess – Duchess was the name of the elegant Parisian cat in “The Aristocats”, a Walt Disney cartoon.

Cat Names - G

Gabriella - Name of one of the first four Burmilla kittens to be born.

Galatea - Name of one of the first four Burmilla kittens to be born.

Garfield – The cartoon cat created by Jim Davis.

Gemma - Name of one of the first four Burmilla kittens to be born.

Gisella - Name of one of the first four Burmilla kittens to be born.

George - Name of a Somali cat belonging to Evelyn Mague.

George Pushdragon - Name of cat belonging to T. S. Eliot.

Gladstone – Name of a large Persian cat belonging to Florence Nightingale.

Gorgo – Name of the Siamese cat belonging to Frank Zappa.

Grimalkin – Grimalkin was the name of a cat belonging to Nostradamus.

Cat Names - N


Nelson - Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of Great Britain) loved cats. He had a black cat named Nelson. He adored the cat, Nelson. Nelson slept in his bed. Churchill also always kept a special chair next to his own for Nelson at the dinner table and at the Cabinet Room.

Nemo – Nemo was a Siamese cat belonging to former Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Britain) and his wife, Mary.

Nora- Nora is the name of the gray tabby cat rescued from a shelter New Jersey. Nora became famous for "tapping" the piano. A CD of music with one song incorporating Nora's piano playing has been released by the Laurel Canyon Animal Company.

Pebbles – Name of cat belonging to Susan Boyle

Pepper – Pepper was a Hollywood cat. Pepper had film roles in Charlie Chaplin films.

Poldhu – name of the male Cornish Rex cat, son Kallibunker (founding father)

Proper - Name of one of the first four Ragdoll cats to arrive in the U.K.

Prudence – Name of a blue Persian cat belonging to Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France.

Prune - The name of the hairless cat used to breed the Sphynx Cat.

Pulcinella - Name of the cat belonging to Domenico Scarlatti. See Music about cats

Punky – Punky was the name of one of the cats belonging to Doris Day.

Pyewacket - The name of the Siamese movie star cat in the movie "Bell, Book and Candle".

Cat Names - T

Tabby – Tabby was the first cat to reside in the White House. Tabby moved to the White House with Abraham Lincoln.

Taki – Taki was a black Persian cat belonging to the author Raymond Chandler.

Tama - Tama was the name of the Japanese Beckoning Cat. See Lucky Cat

Tibs - Tibs was the name of a cat employed at the London Post Office Headquarters. See Working Cats

Tiger – Emilie Brontë had a cat named Tiger. President Calvin Coolidge also had a cat named Tiger.

Tima - name of the male Siberian cat sent to Germany for breeding.

Tom – Tom is the famous cartoon cat on the cartoon called “Tom and Jerry”.

Tommy - Tommy was one of the cats the family of Anne Frank found when they moved into the attic in 1942.

Tonga - name of first ever Ocicat

Topaz- Topaz was the name of the cat belonging to Tennessee Williams.

Towser - Towser was the name of the cat at the Glenturret Distillery in Scotland. See Working Cats

Tuffy – Name of the cat belonging to Ann-Margret.

Yodie – the name of the founding cat of the American Bobtail Cat breed.

Zoroaster – Zoroaster was the name of one of the cats owned by Mark Twain. He was a huge cat lover.

Zula – the name of the Abyssinian cat brought back from Abyssinia in 1968.

 Cat Names - A

Apollinaris – Apollinaris was one of the cats owned by author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). He would choose difficult names for his cats to teach children the art of pronunciation. 

Arthur - Arthur was the beautiful white cat who worked in advertising in England. See Working Cats

Beethoven – Beethoven the name of one of Martha Stewart’s cats.

Beppo – Beppo was the name of one of the cats belonging to Lord Byron.

Bing Clawsby – Name of cat belonging to Michael Feinstein.

Bismarck – Bismarck was the name of one of the 60 cats belonging to Florence Nightingale.

Blackie – Blackie became an extremely wealthy cat. Blackie inherited 15 million British Pounds from its owner Ben Rea.

Brownie – Brownie became a very wealthy cat. The cat inherited $415 000 in 1963 when its owner (Dr. William Grier) died.

Bubbles – Name of cat belonging to Emma Watson.

Cat Names - F

Fabergé - Name of the female Burmese Cat who gave birth to the first Burmilla kittens.

Fats – Name of the female  who gave birth to the first Burmilla kittens. – Name of one of the cats belonging to Ernest Hemingway.

Faye Raye - name of the first Singapura cat to arrive in Great Britain.

Figaro – Figaro is the name of the wood-carver Gepetto’s cat in the cartoon movie “Pinocchio”.

F. Puss (Mr. Feather Puss) - Yellow-eyed cat belonging to Ernest Hemingway.

Furhouse - Name of one of the cats belonging to Ernest Hemingway.

Hamlet – The name of all male cats residing at Algonquin hotel, New York. See Working Cats.

Heathcliff – Heathcliff is a cartoon cat created by George Gately in 1973. Heathcliff has appeared in over 700 newspapers.

Hot Dog – Hot Dog is the name of the cat belonging to Dennis in the cartoon series “Dennis the Menace” by Hank Ketcham.

Matilda – The name of all female cats residing at Algonquin hotel, New York. See Working Cats.

Micetto – Micetto was the name of the cat belonging to Pope Leo XII (1760-1829). Micetto was a large black-striped grayish red cat. The Pope adored Micetto.

Mike – Mike was the name of the famous cat at the British Museum in London. Mike (February 1909 - January 1929) guarded the gates of the British Museum. Time Magazine published two articles to him on his death.


Misty Malarky Yin Yang - The name of Amy Carter's (daughter of President Jimmy Carter) Siamese cat.

Mitsou- Mitsou was the name of Marilyn Monroe’s white Persian cat.

Monsieur Tibault – The name of the cat in “King of Cats” by Stephen Vincent Benét. Monsieur Tibault conducts an orchestra facing the audience and using his tail as the baton.

Moppet – The name of the cat in “The story of Miss Moppet” by Beatrix Potter.

Morris – Morris was the cat that went from “rags to riches”. See Working Cats

Mozart – Mozart the name of one of Martha Stewart’s cats.

Mrs. Norris - name of the cat (a Maine Coon) in the Harry Potter movie.

Muezza - The Prophet Muhammad loved cats. His favorite cat was named Muezza.

Mussa - name of the female Siberian cat sent to Germany for breeding.

 Cat Names - R and S

Saeng Duan - name of one of the first Korat cats to arrive in Britain. Saeng Duan was a female Korat cat.

Sam - name of the male Korat cat which was one of the first to arrive in Britain.

Sara – Sara was the name of a cat belonging to Ronald Reagan.

Sinh - Sinh was the name of the "Sacred Cat of Burma". See Cat Legends

Shan – President Gerald Ford’ daughter, Susan  had a Siamese cat named Shan.

Shulamith - Name of one of the first American Curl Cats

Siam – Siam was the name of the first Siamese cat to arrive in the United States in 1879. Siam was a gift to Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of President Rutherford Hayes from the American Consul in Bangkok.

Slippers – Cat belonging to Theodore Roosevelt (President of the USA). Slippers was a gray tabby cat with six-toed feet.

Solomon – Solomon was a movie star cat. Solomon played in “Diamonds are forever” and “Clockwork Orange”.

 
Snooks - Female Scottish Fold cat. Daughter of Susie.

Snowdrift - Name of a Founding father cat of the Scottish Fold cat breed.

Snowdrop – Snowdrop was the name of the white kitten in “Through the looking glass” by Carroll Lewis. Dinah was the mother of the two kittens and was Alice’s pet cat. The other kitten was named Kitty and was black.

Sprite – Name of cat belonging to Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes

Susie - This white female cat with the folded ears found on a farm in Scotland. See Scottish Fold
 

Sybil - Sybil was a black and white cat living at 11 and 10 Downing Street. The cat was named after Sybil Fawlty from the TV show Fawlty Towers. Sybil was Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.